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It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change ringing is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another Picture Quote #1

If the English language had been properly organized... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis, ' which would save a lot of trouble Picture Quote #1

English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science Picture Quote #1

I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a piece with such jokes as the one about the man who was being led to the gallows to be hanged. He looked at the trap door in the gallows, which was flimsily constructed, and he asked in some alarm, 'I say, is that thing safe?' Picture Quote #1

I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement Picture Quote #1

I found a cab eventually, and told the driver in fluent English that I wanted Wenceslas Square. This request, I now know, is phonically identical to the Czech phrase for 'I am an air - brained tourist, please take everything I have' Picture Quote #1

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I've sometimes thought... That the difference between us and the English is that the Scotch are hard in all other respects but soft with women, and the English are hard with women but soft in all other respects Picture Quote #1

The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; the English oak, which, dead, commands the flood Picture Quote #1

There is an English song beginning, love knocks at the door. He knocks less often than he finds it open Picture Quote #1

Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books Picture Quote #1

Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries Picture Quote #1

I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven Picture Quote #1

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Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them Picture Quote #1

Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our english dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility: but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger Picture Quote #1

I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good Picture Quote #1

A being who can create a race of men devoid of real freedom and inevitably foredoomed to be sinners, and then punish them for being what he has made them, may be omnipotent and various other things, but he is not what the English language has always intended by the adjective holy Picture Quote #1

The language I have learnt these forty years, my native English, now I must forgo; and now my tongue's use is to me no more than an unstringed viol or a harp, or like a cunning instrument cased up or, being open, put into his hands that knows no touch to tune the harmony Picture Quote #1

I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot Picture Quote #1

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I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school Picture Quote #1

Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English - but are great in remembering signs Picture Quote #1

Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! Picture Quote #1

My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves Picture Quote #1

I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters Picture Quote #1

The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes Picture Quote #1

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So now they have made our English tongue a gallimaufry or hodgepodge of all other speeches Picture Quote #1

The language of God is not English or Latin; the language of God is cellular and molecular Picture Quote #1

My favorite three words in the English language are: 'I don't know', because every time I say them, I learn something new Picture Quote #1

An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table Picture Quote #1

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation Picture Quote #1

I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them Picture Quote #1

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It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change ringing is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another (English Quotes) If the English language had been properly organized... then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she', and I could write, 'If John or Mary comes heesh will want to play tennis, ' which would save a lot of trouble (English Quotes) English, once accepted as an international language, is no more secure than French has proved to be as the one and only accepted language of diplomacy or as Latin has proved to be as the international language of science (English Quotes) I try to offset any tendency towards the macabre with humour. As I see it, this is a typically English form of humour. It's a piece with such jokes as the one about the man who was being led to the gallows to be hanged. He looked at the trap door in the gallows, which was flimsily constructed, and he asked in some alarm, 'I say, is that thing safe?' (English Quotes) I have long been interested in landscape history, and when younger and more robust I used to do much tramping of the English landscape in search of ancient field systems, drove roads, indications of prehistoric settlement (English Quotes) I found a cab eventually, and told the driver in fluent English that I wanted Wenceslas Square. This request, I now know, is phonically identical to the Czech phrase for 'I am an air - brained tourist, please take everything I have' (English Quotes) I've sometimes thought... That the difference between us and the English is that the Scotch are hard in all other respects but soft with women, and the English are hard with women but soft in all other respects (English Quotes) The oak, when living, monarch of the wood; the English oak, which, dead, commands the flood (English Quotes) There is an English song beginning, love knocks at the door. He knocks less often than he finds it open (English Quotes) Most of the classical citations you shall hear or read in the current journals or speeches were not drawn from the originals, but from previous quotations in English books (English Quotes) Most people have no idea how to politely answer a phone. The English do, and it's been their only major business advantage for the past two centuries (English Quotes) I like to be beholden to the great metropolitan English speech, the sea which receives tributaries from every region under heaven (English Quotes) Mind you, the Elizabethans had so many words for the female genitals that it is quite hard to speak a sentence of modern English without inadvertently mentioning at least three of them (English Quotes) Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our english dead! In peace there's nothing so becomes a man as modest stillness and humility: but when the blast of war blows in our ears, then imitate the action of the tiger (English Quotes) I was sick and tired of being an English actor who did a lot of American movies because I was cheap and good (English Quotes) A being who can create a race of men devoid of real freedom and inevitably foredoomed to be sinners, and then punish them for being what he has made them, may be omnipotent and various other things, but he is not what the English language has always intended by the adjective holy (English Quotes) The language I have learnt these forty years, my native English, now I must forgo; and now my tongue's use is to me no more than an unstringed viol or a harp, or like a cunning instrument cased up or, being open, put into his hands that knows no touch to tune the harmony (English Quotes) I never had to learn English, French and German because I was brought up as all three languages. I had a private French teacher before I even went to school. That helped a lot (English Quotes) I'm all self-taught. I never had a teacher. Even for English, and French, and German, I hardly went to school (English Quotes) Logos and branding are so important. In a big part of the world, people cannot read French or English - but are great in remembering signs (English Quotes) Journalists, especially English journalists, were very cruel to me. They said I only knew three chords when I knew five! (English Quotes) My dad came from Cuba when he was a teenager not speaking English. And I grew up here speaking Spanglish. That's the world in which I grew up, and that's a world in which a lot of second generation immigrants find themselves (English Quotes) I'm not sure I can take your advice. You are dealing with English gentlemen. We are dealing with monsters (English Quotes) The worst letters come from retired high school English teachers. They will literally take a book and pick it to pieces and send me 14 pages of notes (English Quotes) So now they have made our English tongue a gallimaufry or hodgepodge of all other speeches (English Quotes) The language of God is not English or Latin; the language of God is cellular and molecular (English Quotes) My favorite three words in the English language are: 'I don't know', because every time I say them, I learn something new (English Quotes) An English traveller relates how he lived upon intimate terms with a tiger; he had reared it and used to play with it, but always kept a loaded pistol on the table (English Quotes) I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost in translation (English Quotes) I feel I have a lot to learn from English football and I am completely open to good influences in my way of thinking football. But I also have things to give them (English Quotes)

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